Tuesday 22 December 2015

Nine films looking at key Gender Issues (available on DVD or Video on Demand)


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Out to the Family
DVD or Video on Demand - 2008 - 15 Minutes

Animated programme designed to raise awareness of the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teenagers.

As teenagers develop into adults, it is natural for them to question their sexuality, This can be extremely painful for some people. If they are attracted to someone of their own sex, they may be very anxious that people will discriminate against them. Any worries about gender identity which may be present from an early age, become even more disturbing as children enter their teens. Parents support is vital for these young people, who are often lonely, isolated and afraid. But many parents who discover that their children are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender are shocked, confused and upset.

Some react in the heat of the moment with grief, anger or even rejection. Later they may deeply regret the damage caused to their family relationships. This animated film shows six families, from a wide range of backgrounds, coming to terms with the developing sexual or gender identity of a son or daughter. It aims to help parents and others to understand more about the issues facing their LGBT teenagers, and how best to help them. Family acceptance and support can make all the difference for young people who may be at risk of serious, even life threatening, social or mental health problems. Suitable for young people, parent and families. With booklet.

This programme can be rented on our Video on Demand system for £1.00. For this you can view as often as you like within a 48 hour period of your own choosing.
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Out at Work
DVD or Video on Demand - 2006 - 15 Minutes
Telling people at work about your relationship preferences

An animated programme by Leeds Animation Workshop illustrating the equality rights legislation as it affects lesbians, gays and bisexual people at work. It tells six stories set in different workplaces, including a hospital, a garage, a school, a kitchen and an office. The stories show the issues that arise for a lesbian, gay or bisexual person at work: going for an interview, starting a new job, how you deal with coming out, what happened when your partner gets ill, what it feels like when you are on your own, and when you get some support. With booklet.
Produced by Leeds Animation Workshop

This programme can be rented on our Video on Demand system for £1.00. For this you can view as often as you like within a 48 hour period of your own choosing.
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Trapped inside the Wrong Body
DVD or Video on Demand - 1978 - 30 Minutes
People of both sexes explain how it feels to have a body of the wrong gender.

Transsexuals -- What is it like to feel that you are a man, although you were born with a woman's body and vice versa ? One person of each gender explains his or her feelings about it, and how they are making the change. We also see a class for men who are learning to live and behave as women before surgery is performed. They have to convince doctors that the operation they so desperately want is necessary and that they can fit in happily as women in society.

Made in 1978 this film reflects the cultural attitudes and language of the time it was made. The issues raised are timeless.

This programme can be rented on our Video on Demand system for £1.00. For this you can view as often as you like within a 48 hour period of your own choosing.
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Gay Pride
DVD or Video on Demand - 1979 - 25 Minutes
Gay Pride week in 1979.
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Lesbian Health Matters
DVD or Video on Demand - 1996 - 46 Minutes
Makes health professionals more aware of acceptable practices in dealing with lesbian patients.
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Red Without Blue
DVD or Video on Demand - 2007 -77 Minutes
Intimate portrait of identical twins, one of whom undergoes gender realignment and becomes a woman.
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Theories of Social Work Practice: The Feminist Perspective - Daphne Stratham
DVD or Video on Demand - 1992 - 55 Minutes
Challenges stereotypes and assumptions.
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For Love or Money
DVD or Video on Demand - 1984 - 94 Minutes
History of women’s struggle for employment rights
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Needs Must when the Devil Drives
HISTORICAL INTEREST
DVD or Video on Demand - 1989 - 35 Minutes
Women workers remember their struggles for trade union and women's rights.
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